International Wind and Marching Band Festival
FIRST.- “FEM BANDA Festival Internacional de Bandes de Música (International Wind Music Bands, Marching Bands and Fanfare Orchestras in Lleida) will take place on the 30th June, 1st and 2nd July 2017.
The bands will perform in the following settings:
• Plaça Paeria
• Plaça de la Llotja
• Castell del Rei –Seu Vella
• Camps Elisis
• Other stages and sets in Lleida
• Neighbouring villages
The Organising Committee regulates, manages and coordinates the festival

SECOND.- Application will take place from November 1st 2016 until February 15th 2017 at 15:00h (14h GMT).
Applications must be sent to:
• FEM BANDA Festival Internacional de Bandes de Música de Lleida
Banda Municipal de Lleida Pl.Josep Prenafeta, s/n 25004 Lleida-España

Together with the application form, a curriculum of no more than 300 words and a picture of the band must be enclosed.

After the application has been sent, bands have to contact the Committee either by mail at bandamunicipal@paeria.cat or by means of the website www.bandadelleida.es informing them of the sending of the application.

THIRD.- The contest is open to national and international fanfares, wind and marching bands, as well as bands from music schools.

FOURTH.- The number and names of participating bands will be informed to all registered in the Festival

FIFTH.- The dates of the festival are the ones enclosed in regulation number 1

SIXTH.-Organising Committee is not responsible for any legal issue derived from the use of scores selected by participating bands.

SEVENTH.- A participating diploma will be awarded to all bands.

EIGHTH.- The Evaluation Committee will meet to evaluate and select the participating bands.

NINTH.- Participating bands will submit, prior to 1st April, a 100 word summary of the programme(s) they will perform in the concert(s), which will be used in the promotional material of the festival. The Organising Committee can provide, if possible and on demand, percussion sets for the concerts.

TENTH.- Before 1st June, each participating band must sent a list of musicians and artists, as well as the chaperones or others, participating in the festival., The name of the
musicians / artists / chaperones and others will be informed surname first, name later, in alphabetical order. In the list, there must be the name of the Band; surname, name and ID card or passport number of each person.

ELEVENTH.- All participating bands have to perform in a parade as part of their participation in the festival. The parade will end with an ensemble performance of a local composer’s score by all participating bands.
The Organisation cannot provide percussion instruments to the bands for the parade.

TWELFTH.- The following accommodation modules are available to participating bands: (all prices are pp – per person)

• Module A Participation fee, full board accommodation for three nights (dinner on the first day to lunch on the last day) for €120 pp (musicians and artists) or €135pp (chaperones, relatives, etc.)

The fees for bus drivers are the same as the ones for musicians/artists. Groups must leave their rooms on the morning of their last day of stay.
The Organising Committee can help all groups wishing to extend or advance their stay in Lleida, as well as organise tourist trips.

Before 1st April, participating bands must fulfil part of the accommodation fee to secure their booking. The fee depends on the number of group members, as listed below and must be transferred to
• Payable to: Banda Municpal de Lleida
• IBAN: ES72 0182 8140 6002 0155 5072

The remaining of the accommodation fee must be satisfied prior to 1st June. Further modifications after that date may incur in additional costs, which will be determined by the accommodation providers.
Once the transfer has been made, bands will email bandamunicipal@paeria.cat a copy of the payment slip.

Once the transfer has been made, the payment slip has to be sent to bandamunicipal@paeria.cat. In the email bands have to specify the date and meal (lunch or dinner) they are booking.

FOURTEENTH.- The Organising Committee will take any action to ensure the Contest takes place according to regulations. In the event any performance has to be postponed or stopped because of a justified reason, the Committee will decide on a later performance.
The Organising Committee can modify the dates and/or the location established on the 1st regulation, informing participating bands of any change no later than 15 days before their
performance.

FIFTEENTH.- Except for justified reasons, duly informed to the Organising Committee, any confirmed participating band that does not take part in the Festival will be excluded from the festival for three consecutive years.

SIXTEENTH.- Not submitting all the required documents or failing to do so before the set date would mean declining to participate in the Festival.

SEVENTEENTH.- When taking part in the festival, participating bands yield their image and sound rights, as well as all documents enclosed in the application, to the Organising Committee.

EIGHTEENTH.- Any decision taken by the Organising Committee is final.

NINETEENTH.- Applications will be submitted using the enclosed model. All bank transfers must be in EURO. Any fee derived from bank transferring must be assumed by participating bands.

TWENTIETH.- All participating bands will sign a document detailing all aspects of their participation in “FEM BANDA Festival Internacional de Bandes de Música de Lleida”.

TWENTY-FIRST.- In the event of any misinterpretation of the regulations, the ones written in Catalan shall prevail.

TWENTY-SECOND.- Upon submitting their application, bands fully accept the regulations, as well as any decision the Organising Committee might take regarding the development of the contest, performance and any situation not foreseen in the regulations.
All bands, and their organisations are submitted to the decisions of the courts in the city of Lleida, as stated in article 55 in Spanish Law of Civil Justice (Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil), regarding any conflict of interests that these regulations might cause in “FEM BANDA Festival Internacional de Bandes de Música de Lleida”